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i would appreciate, chuck, if you would give us the benefit of explaining to us what went right and what went wrong. in fact, some thing were done right but there must have been some things that went terribly wrong. let's take a look at the videotape and would you comment. >> i think you're looking at it from just about the viewpoint of the assailant. you're watching from his direction. the president came out. he's waving to the crowd, as he usually did. the agents around him, staff around him. all of a sudden gunshot, two agents pushed him, pushed him into the armored limousine and agent in front was shot and went down. the agents on the side and the police officers then went to the assailant, pushed him down, took control of him, took custody of him, in fact, protected him while he was there on the ground. >> chuck, was there anything that -- was there nismy takes you could see or was this the kind of thing against which no amount of safeguarding can actually protect a president? >> well, ted, not only were there no mistakes i think it's miraculous they reacted as quickly as they did.
i would appreciate, chuck, if you would give us the benefit of explaining to us what went right and what went wrong. in fact, some thing were done right but there must have been some things that went terribly wrong. let's take a look at the videotape and would you comment. >> i think you're looking at it from just about the viewpoint of the assailant. you're watching from his direction. the president came out. he's waving to the crowd, as he usually did. the agents around him, staff...
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the use those effectively on the political front. when you look at the two national teachers' unions, they have a budget of over $2 billion a year and spend $500 million of that on political activities. we are trying to raise a billion dollars, which would mean $200 million a year over the next five years. that is just a portion of what we know teachers' unions are spending on these issues. >> where is this money going to come from? when you point out the other budgets, i am a rocket scientist. but something tells me that if i were to look at your books for where this money came, there is corn to be some anti-union money coming in your direction. is that a fight you are trying to set up? >> a large percentage of our members are teachers. we are a membership organization. people pay membership dues. they contribute to the organization. that is where the vast amount of our dollar so far have come from. our average contribution is $64. teachers are a lot of the voice that we want to bring to the forefront, effective teachers in school b
the use those effectively on the political front. when you look at the two national teachers' unions, they have a budget of over $2 billion a year and spend $500 million of that on political activities. we are trying to raise a billion dollars, which would mean $200 million a year over the next five years. that is just a portion of what we know teachers' unions are spending on these issues. >> where is this money going to come from? when you point out the other budgets, i am a rocket...
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she has, before joining us -- she just joined us last week. she was a bookkeeper and business operations manager for a small consulting firm, and she has experience as a mediator. she has a b.a. in transportation studies from washington, d.c., and an m.b.a. from san francisco state, and i'm sure this is her own contribution to the report. she rides her bike every day for transportation and for fun, and weather permitting, she tries to write 100 miles each week. she has participated in the first california climate right 340 miles from eureka in san francisco in five days. just last year. has a pretty active volunteer schedule as well. we are delighted to have her with us already, and welcome aboard. that concludes my report. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you for that very thorough report. i just want to reiterate our appreciation to t.a. staff in our visit to washington, d.c. thank you to everybody who helped make that an effective visit. commissioner campos, you have another comment? supervisor campos: i wanted to do a follow-up to the executive
she has, before joining us -- she just joined us last week. she was a bookkeeper and business operations manager for a small consulting firm, and she has experience as a mediator. she has a b.a. in transportation studies from washington, d.c., and an m.b.a. from san francisco state, and i'm sure this is her own contribution to the report. she rides her bike every day for transportation and for fun, and weather permitting, she tries to write 100 miles each week. she has participated in the first...
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us here yes but even. that's my son nick lehman's condition sometimes makes him imagine he's not it's old old news nursing home but in the old settlement of the real chick where everyone has a boat where christmas is celebrated in early january rather than in december and where people in nearly every home speak russian. don't put in the years or so got sober as a writer want to know the cover of the book all you need. to write in a group of young. women is one of the few people here who still remember the russian era of the land its former legacy is gradually being forgotten much in the same way as old people's memories fade away. i've wiped the teach my children about their heritage and we've shared it it's caught on especially with our oldest child our son and i think the best way we can do it was talk about it serves some of the stories maybe some of the language i want them to understand are very rich cultural heard. if it makes you think and. phrase and here is one of the most popular teachers and sti
us here yes but even. that's my son nick lehman's condition sometimes makes him imagine he's not it's old old news nursing home but in the old settlement of the real chick where everyone has a boat where christmas is celebrated in early january rather than in december and where people in nearly every home speak russian. don't put in the years or so got sober as a writer want to know the cover of the book all you need. to write in a group of young. women is one of the few people here who still...
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what is the budget say about us. so i want to say that i don't believe it's in our security interests to cut the poverty programs all over the world we're going to be spending more in a few weeks in libya then we're spending right now in these letters i mean programs i also have to ask you right we're not just talking about party programs within the u.s. we're talking about poverty programs that help people internationally but i do you think that america is right now when they're told that you know unemployment is low when americans are told that they have to cut in order to get our budget in order a lot of them support the fact that they don't want to be giving aid to foreign countries anymore they say we need to get our own house in order first i think most americans are supportive of life saving efforts that are literally saving the lives of kids most americans most christians support and this is such a small amount of money i mean we're not going to solve the deficit with these very small but very cost effective
what is the budget say about us. so i want to say that i don't believe it's in our security interests to cut the poverty programs all over the world we're going to be spending more in a few weeks in libya then we're spending right now in these letters i mean programs i also have to ask you right we're not just talking about party programs within the u.s. we're talking about poverty programs that help people internationally but i do you think that america is right now when they're told that you...
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that we just don't do responsibility to protect anymore because it didn't quite work out very well for us. and intervening of course has all sorts of connotations like the one you mentioned taking sides in a civil war. and there's also the intricacies of the security council resolution which is really i mean the political objective which is to protect. civilians so there's no mention of regime change there but then if you're not really sort of create a military balance on the ground through military intervention and that favors one side then you're always see you know taking sides and leading towards regime change and you know president obama already made a political statement about that so i think it's the linkage of different political objectives here that are not entirely clear but the longer well since president obama was mentioned you know why don't we listen very quickly what he said a few hours ago about america's mission in libya let's listen to what he had to say . we've accomplished these objectives consistent with the pledge that i made to the american people at the outset of o
that we just don't do responsibility to protect anymore because it didn't quite work out very well for us. and intervening of course has all sorts of connotations like the one you mentioned taking sides in a civil war. and there's also the intricacies of the security council resolution which is really i mean the political objective which is to protect. civilians so there's no mention of regime change there but then if you're not really sort of create a military balance on the ground through...
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day twelve of western involvement there are these policy areas on the ground in tripoli and brings us the very latest. global fighters have now been pushed back to the city of ras lanuf we are hearing that this is strategically important oil before the city is firmly in the hands of gadhafi is made now there are numerous reasons being bandied about as to why the rebels are being forced to retreat and retreat so quickly part of that is because gadhafi forces are some feet base organized they better trained or they have base of leadership and this is posing some real dilemmas to the international community in terms of what it should do next when it's becoming increasingly clear that these airstrikes are not that successful while the government here in tripoli is insisting as it has done since these coalition air strikes began that the number of civilians continues to climb and that it hovers some way more than one hundred now we do know that there were secondary explosions caused in the town of misdoubt which is about two hundred kilometers to the south of tripoli there will pause at an
day twelve of western involvement there are these policy areas on the ground in tripoli and brings us the very latest. global fighters have now been pushed back to the city of ras lanuf we are hearing that this is strategically important oil before the city is firmly in the hands of gadhafi is made now there are numerous reasons being bandied about as to why the rebels are being forced to retreat and retreat so quickly part of that is because gadhafi forces are some feet base organized they...
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. >> i want to know that the city is behind us and will work with us and help us get through this. this is a tragedy. >> reporter: with the dry weather now you would think that problem is over. but the chief building official here said one of the houses here today was pushed about 3- inches in just a few hours. and the entire hillside could still come crumbling down. live in hercules, ken wayne. >>> in santa cruz the county board of supervisors is also expected to declare an emergency as it cleans up from wet weather. the storm cost $17 million from mud slides. capitola was among the hardest hit. the. >>> and later this hour, another bay area community cut off because of a landslide. at about 10:30, the effort now under way to move a mountain of mud and what may have made this area prone to a slide. >>> an update to a story we first reported here on friday. the city of pleasonton can drink their water. residents are being asked to preserve water until repairs are finished. >>> ktvu has learn of a high level deflection on the city council in oakland. new at10:00 tonight. our amber l
. >> i want to know that the city is behind us and will work with us and help us get through this. this is a tragedy. >> reporter: with the dry weather now you would think that problem is over. but the chief building official here said one of the houses here today was pushed about 3- inches in just a few hours. and the entire hillside could still come crumbling down. live in hercules, ken wayne. >>> in santa cruz the county board of supervisors is also expected to declare...
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if you want to help us, give us the courtesy, have the good grace to ask us how we want to be helped. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: mr. speaker, as it says in the constitution, to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the district, and that is what we are doing, it gives me great pleasure to recognize the whip of the house, mr. mccarthy, for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. mr. mccarthy: i thank the distinguished chairman. as i listen to the debate, people want to know if anybody was asked. you realize there are four times as many children who want a scholarship than there's one needed for. those are the people we should ask. those are the people that have been asked. those are the people that have asked to be able to have a new life, a new direction and a hope that we all dream about in america. i will tell you this morning, like almost every morning when i'm in washington, d.c., we got th
if you want to help us, give us the courtesy, have the good grace to ask us how we want to be helped. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: mr. speaker, as it says in the constitution, to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the district, and that is what we are doing, it gives me great pleasure to recognize the whip of the house, mr. mccarthy, for five minutes. the speaker...
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. >> i want to know that the city is behind us and will work with us and help us get through this. this is a tragedy. >> reporter: with the dry weather now you would think that problem is over. but the chief building official here said one of the houses here today was pushed about 3- inches in just a few hours. and the entire hillside could still come crumbling down. live in hercules, ken wayne. >>> in santa cruz the county board of supervisors is also expected to declare an emergency as it cleans up from wet weather. the storm cost $17 million from mud slides. capitola was among the hardest hit. the. >>> and later this hour, another bay area community cut off because of a landslide. at about 10:30, the effort now under way to move a mountain of mud and what may have made this area prone to a slide. >>> an update to a story we first reported here on friday. the city of pleasonton can drink their water. residents are being asked to preserve water until repairs are finished. >>> ktvu has learn of a high level deflection on the city council in oakland. new at10:00 tonight. our amber l
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as any of the of any of us that's been connecting for you in terms of. you know what we don't know right now i think we have to be very very careful who we trust. and it was you know we did huge military operations over there in iraq based on the the information from maybe one or two supposedly credible sources and in fact in the aftermath they were never credible to begin with so it's a it's a it's you know no pun intended it's almost a minefield that you have to walk through in libya and determine who we can trust and who we can't but i don't think we are in any position to take the rebel side or take the government's side and insert ground forces i mean that is that if the congress is going to have to take on in the coming days and weeks and even i want to keep you there a little longer but we want to kind of look into this just saying on the topic of libya we should of course bring up the west has formally handed control of the mission over to nato today but america is that remain heavily involved by continuing to invest millions into the operation f
as any of the of any of us that's been connecting for you in terms of. you know what we don't know right now i think we have to be very very careful who we trust. and it was you know we did huge military operations over there in iraq based on the the information from maybe one or two supposedly credible sources and in fact in the aftermath they were never credible to begin with so it's a it's a it's you know no pun intended it's almost a minefield that you have to walk through in libya and...
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the rebels here that is to say it is intervening on one side of the conflict so where does that put us into contradiction with our allies here with nato who are supposed to be a leading this operation with or actually who they're supposed to be leading the operation right the u.s. is. also that we've stepped back but if we've been covertly. already supplying the rebels with arms then how does that come into play i think is a bit of a near miss i'm sorry but i think it's a bit of a mischaracterization to say that this is a civil war i think what we have was this past the superior guy who was murdering people and they were trying to react with their little small arms that they have so i think initially there was a major humanitarian element here and to get to un resolutions i think that demonstrates that there was not sufficient about the libyan people then i think you get to the next question which you initially started with what max and i'm not entirely sure that the president did lay that out on monday this seems to be a little bit of an amateur nature about this is if it's being made
the rebels here that is to say it is intervening on one side of the conflict so where does that put us into contradiction with our allies here with nato who are supposed to be a leading this operation with or actually who they're supposed to be leading the operation right the u.s. is. also that we've stepped back but if we've been covertly. already supplying the rebels with arms then how does that come into play i think is a bit of a near miss i'm sorry but i think it's a bit of a...
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kraig debro is joining us live. he is in santa clara county now. >> reporter: i guess you can describe this area as semi rule. behind me part of the problem you are talking about there has been a lot of digging going on here. a lot of construction. the main reason is the land has given way underneath this road. so in addition to work that being done here beyond that you see some cones down on the left part of your screen. the road has dropped off three to four heat. i hope to give you a chance to see what it looks like later. it has dropped off three to four feet since a few days ago. we called pg&e a few days ago they had a complaint up here a few days. complaining about a gas leak. when they got up here it was a water leak instead. in addition to all of these problems you can see exposed pipe over in the area over here. you may not see it right now. so there are problems related to the weather and the land giving way in our homes where it contacted pg&e. we will try to talk to neighbors to find out exactly where t
kraig debro is joining us live. he is in santa clara county now. >> reporter: i guess you can describe this area as semi rule. behind me part of the problem you are talking about there has been a lot of digging going on here. a lot of construction. the main reason is the land has given way underneath this road. so in addition to work that being done here beyond that you see some cones down on the left part of your screen. the road has dropped off three to four heat. i hope to give you a...
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and most of all of us do. but sometimes we think it's some big words coming out of washington, not realizing what it really is. it means you're spending money you don't have. in fact, arguably every time you buy something with your credit card, you're deficit spending. you don't is -- don't have the cash in your pocket to buy the new television set so you put it on the credit card. you borrow the money you spend money that you don't have. now if we were like the great state of texas, where we have a balanced budget requirement in the constitution, in texas, then the texas legislature, they can't deficit spend. they can't spend money they don't have. they have a no deaf constituent -- no deficit spending rule in their constitution. you spend what the projected revenues are and that's it. sometimes it's real tough. to make things work. but you know what, they always somehow figure out a way to get it done this year is no exception. it's tough in texas. and they're doing the things we're trying to do here in this
and most of all of us do. but sometimes we think it's some big words coming out of washington, not realizing what it really is. it means you're spending money you don't have. in fact, arguably every time you buy something with your credit card, you're deficit spending. you don't is -- don't have the cash in your pocket to buy the new television set so you put it on the credit card. you borrow the money you spend money that you don't have. now if we were like the great state of texas, where we...
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tell us, what our states tell us, what our mayors tell us. forever more, they are repealing the clean air act as it relates to carbon pollutionment. -- pollution. outrageous, we have to beat it. we must beat it. it is so bad. it goes against the supreme court decision and, by the way, there will be lawsuits up the witwazoo if it ever became law. the supreme court said if we find scientists that carbon pollution is dangerous, we have to regulate it. guess what? the scientists found that carbon pollution is dangerous. the e.p.a. is ready to act i think in a judicious way, they're not going after farms or small business. that's not good enough. these special interests who took this huge ad today standing against the -- beautiful ad. it looks element environmental. green. this isn't green. it's dirty. dirty air. that's what this ad stands for, dirty air. a lot of people didn't want me to come back here because they knew i'd come here and tell the truth about this. but i'm here. i'm going to tell the truth every day every way because i love my gra
tell us, what our states tell us, what our mayors tell us. forever more, they are repealing the clean air act as it relates to carbon pollutionment. -- pollution. outrageous, we have to beat it. we must beat it. it is so bad. it goes against the supreme court decision and, by the way, there will be lawsuits up the witwazoo if it ever became law. the supreme court said if we find scientists that carbon pollution is dangerous, we have to regulate it. guess what? the scientists found that carbon...
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to us as well. mr. speaker, i'm going to need to submit the bulk of the statement for the record. it goes into some detail about mr. mulholland's background at c.r.s. as my colleague stressed, the reason the two of us are here to offer this tribute today is because of the support he's offered over the years. first the solomon task force in the early 1990's working in eastern and central europe, working on technical assistance at that point. and then the last several years the house democracy partnership. mr. dreier: i thank my friend. mr. price: we're happy to join today in thanking dan mulholland for all these years of work and particularly acknowledging the kind of support that he's offered our efforts. he knows a lot about congress as an institution. he has profound respect for congress as an institution. so he's had a -- he's brought a particular sense of mission, i think, to the work of these commissions that has -- that has greatly assisted us, has really helped us. he recognizes as a politica
to us as well. mr. speaker, i'm going to need to submit the bulk of the statement for the record. it goes into some detail about mr. mulholland's background at c.r.s. as my colleague stressed, the reason the two of us are here to offer this tribute today is because of the support he's offered over the years. first the solomon task force in the early 1990's working in eastern and central europe, working on technical assistance at that point. and then the last several years the house democracy...
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using too much of the battery. every type of clean energy vehicle you can imagine is coming out these days. it's a real trend for cars. going forward we'll have to see what lies down the road. it really can't be stressed enough that all that cool technology in cars has to be balanced with safety. even hands-free and voice activation stuff can be a mental distraction, if not a physical one. so remember to keep your mind on the road and master all the controls before you head out. rob and peggy, back to you. >> very interesting. you know, everybody talks about the cost of these cars. the volt is about $40,000 but you get the $7,000 tax credit. and the leaf, the nissan leaf, they say, is $32,000. still, you're getting up into the bmw, audi range. when you're paying 40 grand for an electric car. >> the coolest thing i had a chance to drive a leaf and a volt. there is an iphone app you can set the temperature. from the iphone. so on the cold winter nights, you can set the temperature from your bedroom. you get in there,
using too much of the battery. every type of clean energy vehicle you can imagine is coming out these days. it's a real trend for cars. going forward we'll have to see what lies down the road. it really can't be stressed enough that all that cool technology in cars has to be balanced with safety. even hands-free and voice activation stuff can be a mental distraction, if not a physical one. so remember to keep your mind on the road and master all the controls before you head out. rob and peggy,...
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as some of us predicted, u.s. and coalition air power has decisively and quickly reversed the momentum of qadhafi's forces, but now we need to refine u.s. strategy to achieve success as quickly as possible. as every military strategist knows, the purpose of applying military force is to achieve policy goals. our goal in libya is that qadhafi must go, and it is the right goal, but let's be honest with ourselves. we're indeed talking about regime change, whether the president wants to call it that or not. i agree with the president that we should not send u.s. ground troops to libya to remove qadhafi from power. that is exactly what libyan opposition forces are fighting to do. they are now on the outskirts of qadhafi's hometown of cert, and they appear to have no intention of stopping there. thus far, u.s. and coalition air powers cleared a path for the opposition to advance. u.n. security council resolution 1973 authorizes the use of -- quote -- "all necessary measures to protect civilians in libya." as long as qad
as some of us predicted, u.s. and coalition air power has decisively and quickly reversed the momentum of qadhafi's forces, but now we need to refine u.s. strategy to achieve success as quickly as possible. as every military strategist knows, the purpose of applying military force is to achieve policy goals. our goal in libya is that qadhafi must go, and it is the right goal, but let's be honest with ourselves. we're indeed talking about regime change, whether the president wants to call it...